Research that Matters

Advancing public health through data, discovery, and community collaboration.

The Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Preventive Medicine (EBPM) at UNM advances public health through rigorous, data‑driven research. Our interdisciplinary faculty collaborate on federal and state‑level projects—across epidemiology, biostatistics, and disease prevention—to inform policy, improve health outcomes, and promote equity statewide and beyond

Research

Research Centers

Grant Type	Funding Agency	Title	Faculty Name	Project Period	Award Amount
1 P20 GM13042201A1		University of New Mexico Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine	[Campen M, PI]; Y Zhu Co-I	06/25/2020 – 06/24/2025	$2,521,061.00
1 P30 ES032755-01A1	NIEHS	New Mexico Integrative Science Program Incorporating Research in Environmental Sciences (NM-INSPIRES)	(Center PI: Blossom) (Luo: Core Lead)	08/25/2022-05/31/2026	$ 850,909 Annual Direct Costs
1 U01 TR002756-01		Collaborative Care Teams for Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use Disorders: Translating Evidence into Practice	(MPI: Danovitch, I. and Ober, A.) Page Site PI, Co-I and Exec. Director of Statistics and Data Coordinating Center	07/01/22-06/30/2027	0.6 Calendar yr Total $708, 443
1 UG1DA049468-04		New Mexico Clinical Trials Node: clinical research and practice to address substance use in diverse, rural and underserved populations	Page, PI	4/1/2021-3/31/2026	$2,256,1208 direct yrs 1-5 UNM sub: $36,203 yr 1 $181,522 direct yrs 1-5
1U24NR02014	NCI	Advancing Health Equity Through Innovative Community Capacity Building, Data Science & Delivering Community-Centered Structural Interventions & Outcomes: Drexel's ComPASS Coordinating Center (C3).	Adsul, Co-I	10/2023 – 09/2028
1UL TR001449		UNM HSC Clinical and Translational Science Center; Lead for Opioid use Populations with Integration, Outreach, Informatics, and Drug Discovery (OPIOIDD)	(Campen M, Pandhi N. MPI) Page Co-I and OPOIDD Function lead	7/1/2020-6/30/2025	$250,000 direct yrs 1-3 UNM sub: $99,000 yr 1
2 P20 GM 121176		Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism	[Vojo Deretic PI]; Y Zhu Co-I	09/01/2017 – 08/31/2027
2 P20GM109089		Center for Brain Recovery and Repair	[Shuttleworth W PI]; Y Zhu Co-I	07/15/2020 – 06/30/2025	$7,449,110.00
2P42ES025589-06	NIEHS	UNM Metal Exposure Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Phase 2 Superfund Research Program	(Center PI: Lewis) Li Luo: Core Lead	07/01/2022-06/30/2027	$1,089,159 Annual Direct Costs
5UG1CA189856-09	NCI	NCI Community Oncology Research Program Minority Underserved Community Sites	Adsul, Co-I	08/2019-07/2025
9P50MD015706-06	NIEHS/NIMHD	Center for Native Environmental Health Equity Research	(Center MPIs: Lewis/MacKenzie/Hoover) Li Luo: Research Project PI)	07/01/2020 - 03/31/2025	$926,565 Annual Direct Costs
P50 SPORE		P50 SPORE in endometrial cancer	[PI: David Mutch Co-PI at UNMCCC: Kimberly K Leslie]; J Wu, Co-I	8/01/2023 - date
1P20NR021824	National Institute of Nursing	UNM Climate Change and Health for the Alliance and Novelty of Geospatial and Exposure Science (CHANGES) Center	[Cerrato, Jose Manuel PI] Y Zhu, Co-Director, S Leng, Project Lead, H Kang, Co-I	09/11/2024 – 08/31/2027

Federal Grants

Grant Type	Funding Agency	Title	Faculty Name	Project Period	Award Amount
TE-2022C3-30560	PCORI	Telehealth to Optimize Multi Chronic Conditions Among Vulnerable Populations in Primary Care; Improving Outcomes for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions Using ECHO	Yiliang Zhu, PI and Matthew Bouchonville, Co-PI	08/01/2023 –07/31/2028	Total cost $1,100,000
1R01ES035780-01A1	NIEHS/NIH	Mechanisms for environmental microplastics-enhanced colorectal tumor progression	[Xiang Xue PI] Y Zhu Co-I	08/19/2024-7/30/2029
R01	NIMHHD	Family Listening Program (FLP) Culturally Centered Dissemination & Implementation Project	Adsul, M-PI	9/26/20-6/30/25
R01ES035421	NIEHS	Impact of Macrophage Carbon Load and Epigenetic Aging on Lung Function Decline and Mortality	[Leng, Blinsky Co-PIs] Kang, and Zhu, Co-I	2024-2029
R01	NCI	Identification of Lethal Melanomas at the Time of Diagnosis	[Thomas and Berwick Co-PIs] ; Luo Co-I	04/01/2020 – 03/31/2025	$730,081Annual Direct Costs
R01		Response guided therapy for reducing duration of direct acting antivirals in chronic hepatitis C infected patients	Page, Co-PI
R01	CDC	A multi-site mixed methods study of methamphetamine use in the Mountain West	Wagner & Page, Co-PI	9/1/2021-8/31/2026	$8,703,158 direct yrs 1-5 $1,730,360 direct yr 3
R01	NIEHS	Systemic Implications and Novel Mechanisms of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Following Inhaled Exposures	Zychowski (PI); Leng Co-I	07/01/2023-06/30/2028
R01	NCI	Mutations and Target Genes in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma	Ness, Scott (PI); Kang Co-I	05/01/2023 – 02/29/2028	$2,176,059.00
R01	NCI	Investigating facilitator-driven, multi-level implementation strategies in Federally Qualified Health Centers to improve provider recommendation and HPV vaccination rates among Latino/a adolescents	Adsul, Co-I	09/1/23-06/30/28
R01	NCI	#4Corners4Health: A Social Media Cancer Prevention Program for Rural Emerging Adults	Buller D (Contact PI); Sussman A (MPI) Blair Co-I; Guest DD (UNM Site Coordinator)	9/01/2022-8/31/2027	$1,048,285.00
R01	NIDDK	American Indian Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (AI-CRIC)	Shah, Unruh (MPI); Pankratz Co-I	07/01/2019 – 08/31/2025
R01	NIDDK	Standing Strong in Tribal Communities: Assessing Elder Falls Disparity	Shah (PI); Pankratz Co-I	04/21/2019 – 01/31/2026
R01	NIH	Clinical Stimulation and Spreading Depolarization	[Andrew Carlson, PI]; Y Zhu Co-I	09/01/2023- 07/31/2027	Total direct $1,525,000
1R01AA03283-01A1	NIH	Neurodevelopment of exploration and alcohol problems in adolescence	[Jeremy Hodgeveen PI]; Y Zhu Co-I (10%)	02/01/2023 – 1/31/2028	$2,867,350.00
1R01ES033981-16	NIEHS	Systemic Implications and Novel Mechanisms of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Following Inhaled Exposures	(PI: Zychowski); Luo Co-I	07/01/2023-05/31/2028	$339,205 Annual Direct Costs
1R01MD013752-01A1		Access to Kidney Transplantation in Minority Populations (AKT-MP)	[Myaskovsky L PI]; Y Zhu Co-I (5% years 1-3; 10% years 4-5)	07/07/2020 – 07/06/2025
1R01MH129764-01A1		Deriving high-quality evidence from national healthcare databases to improve suicidality detection and treatment outcomes in PTSD and TBI	[Christophe Lambert PI]; Y Zhu Co-I (10%)	01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025	$2,892,169.00
1R21OH012552-01A1	NIEHS	Defining the Role of IL-1β in Tungsten-Mediated Cardiovascular Disease	[Alicia Bolt PI] Y Zhu Co-I	9/1/2024-8/31/2026	$419,375.00
R21	NIAID	Development of a novel anti-viral treatment for persistent HPV disease	Ozburn (PI); Kang Co-I	12/11/2023 – 10/31/2025	$419,375.00
R25	NCI	Southwest Transformative Educational Advancement and Mentoring (STEAM) Network	Guest, PI	9/18/2023 – 8/31/2028	$2,040,131.00
RF1AG083744 (Y1-3)	NIA	Elucidating the Role of Endothelial Dysfunction in Alzheimer Disease: Towards a New Data-driven Disease model	Tarawneh, Rawan (PI); Kang Co-I	9/1/2023 – 8/31/2026	$2,140,130.00
RM1DA055301		Integrative Treatment for Achieving Holistic Recovery from Comorbid Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder.	(MPI: Witkiewitz K, Pearson M) Page Co-I	9/30/2021-7/31/2026	$2,033,111 491 direct yrs 1-5 $1,514,491 direct yr 03
UG3OD023344	NIH	Understanding Risk Gradients from Environment on Native American Child Health Trajectories: Toxicants, Immunomodulation, Metabolic syndromes, & Metals Exposure	(MPIs: Lewis/MacKenzie); Luo Co-I	09/21/2016-05/31/2025	$999,998 Annual Direct Costs
	NCI	Assessing etiology and survival by Endometrial Cancer Histology, NIH-Supplement to “the Route 66 Endometrial Cancer SPORE".	Hill, PI	11/15/23-10/30/24 (second year renewal available)	$45,000.00
	NCI	Core Infrastructure Support for Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results	Wiggins	5/1/18- 4/30/29
	HRSA	Preventive Medicine Residency	Kesler (PI); Hopkins (Co-I)	05/01/2023 - 04/30/2027
	HRSA ORHP	Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP)	Kesler	09/01/2008 - 08/31/2025
	NCI	Participant Engagement – Cancer Genome Sequencing (PE-CGS) Research Center: Engagement of American Indians of Southwestern Tribal Nations in Cancer Genome Sequencing	Willman, C and Trent, J (Co-PIs); Wiggins Co-I; Kang Co-I; Pankratz Co-I	7/1/20-6/30/25
	NCI	Development of Small Area Interactive Risk Maps for Cancer Control Efforts	Oleson, J (PI); Wiggins Co-I	4/1/22-3/31/25
	American Cancer Society	The Navajo Cancer Workgroup: Enhancing impact of epidemiological data for cancer prevention and control among the Navajo people	Hendrick De Heer (PI); Wiggins Co-I	7/1/22-6/30/27
	NCI	Engagement of American Indians of Southwestern Tribal Nations in Cancer Genome Sequencing	(Willman and Trent, MPIs); Blair Co-Unit Lead for Engagement Optimization Unit	09/02/2020-08/31/2027	$16.2 million
	DOD	Progestin Therapy for Endometrial Cancer.	PI Kimberly Leslie; J Wu	8/01/2023 - date
N22B87FR	DOD TriService Nursing Research Program	Increasing Resiliency in Air Force Personnel: A Multi-site Study	[Stephen Hernandez PI]; Y Zhu Co-I and Research Mentor to the PI	02/01/2023 – 9/30/2024	Total direct $415,000

Contracts

Funding Agency	Title	Faculty Name	Project Period	Award Amount
DTRA	Nanolipoprotein Particle-based Subunit Vaccine Against Pneumonic Tularemia	T Wu, PI	10/1/19 to 9/30/24	$7,549,230.00
DTRA	Formulating and Evaluating Nanolipoprotein Particle-based Multi-pathogen Vaccines	(Nicholas Fischer and Amy Rasley, Co-PIs) T Wu	10/22/21 to 8/10/26	$1,335,197.00
NM DOH	Providing Inclusive and Comprehensive Care for Unhoused Populations	Page, PI	11/1/2023-6/1/2024	$312,000.00
Universidade Federal da Bahia	A Population-based study on clinical outcomes of Dolutegravir among ART-recipients in Brazil (CODE).	(PI: Brites, C) Page Co-I and Exec. Director of Statistics and Data Coordinating Center	06/01/20- 05/31/2024	$5,133,495 direct yrs 1-4 UNM sub: $281,037 yr 1 UNM sub: $1,071,311 yrs 1-4